John Rutherford

DBA, Father, Texan

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

@AndyLeonard nice we had some baby cukes earlier in the summer but it is too hot to grow anything now. Does that half a coke bottle trick work?

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

My new favorite game is to try to leave the zoom meeting before the host can end the meeting. I am 22 out of 29 for meetings this week

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

RIP Denny O'Neil, I got a Joker TPB when I was a kid and "The Joker's Five Way Revenge" really turned me on to Batman comics. Batman and the Joker wouldn't be who they are now without Denny

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

Monopoly was causing too much strife in the family so we decided to play risk instead. We no longer turn our backs on each other when we leave rooms.

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

Down to 10% battery. Why do I keep looking stuff up on IMDB and checking twitter?!?

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

Good stuff from @Warwick_Rudd on Azure Data Studio today. I am going to go install and mess around with it right now. #PASSSummit

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

@shadyrudy Maybe this was just who I always was. An open source guy trapped in the body of a MS SQL DBA.

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

I've been in a MongoDB, a linux, a python and now an open source software session. Definetely different from my normal #passsummit session choices

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

@TracyBoggiano thanks for all the great info on open source monitoring. I think that will be great for monitoring our current postgres servers and any SQL servers we build on Linux. #PASSSummit

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

Getting ready to learn about python from @statcowboy should be good even though he is an Aggie. #passsummit #hookem

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

Got lots of good loot for my girls at the exhibitor reception. It easy when they are excited about stickers, rubber ducks and pop sockets.

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

Learned everything I need to know to convert my history tables to temporal tables. Thanks @DBAduck #passsummit

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

@SQLvariant thanks for all the great POSH info. Lots of new tools for me to start using. #PassSummit2019

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

@jayfalck @AngelaTidwell @Kevin3NF I'm gonna head over for my free beer in a bit if anyone would like to give me shit in person.

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

Great start to #PassSummit2019 with a fantastic pre-con from @erinstellato Thanks for the great Query Store info!

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

Starting the day off right with a Big Tex breakfast taco from the Salt Lick at the austin airport.

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

I just watch My Cousin Vinny with the girls. I don't think they have heard the F word that many times since I built their PlayScape.

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

I've had a complete roll reversal with my support engineer. I just asked him to check the build level of his SQL 2017 box and make sure he has at least CU6 installed.

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

It really feels like a win when you open a support ticket then figure out the issue before MS. Apparently they added a table to the distribution database in 2016. https://t.co/NOyvumIqas

[John Rutherford @RutherfordTX]

Caught up on GOT on Friday and watched Avengers today. I can finally stop being afraid of the internet. #stopthespoilers #DontSpoilTheEndgame